An open and shut case, but the perps remain at large – whoever they are Justice is served… or should that be saved now that audio-visual software deployed in more than 10,000 courtrooms is once again secure after researchers uncovered evidence that it had been backdoored for weeks.… READ MORE HERE…

We know IT admins have busy schedules but c’mon An improper access control bug in Apache Flink that was fixed in January 2021 has been added to the US government’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, meaning criminals are right now abusing the flaw in the wild to compromise targets.… READ MORE HERE…

ShrinkLocker throws steel and vaccine makers into the hurt locker Yet more ransomware is using Microsoft BitLocker to encrypt corporate files, steal the decryption key, and then extort a payment from victim organizations, according to Kaspersky.… READ MORE HERE…

Mandiant CTO chats to The Reg about the looming fate of this ransomware crew Interview  The cyberattacks against Las Vegas casinos over the summer put a big target on the backs of prime suspects Scattered Spider, according to Mandiant CTO Charles Carmakal.… READ MORE HERE…

Current approaches aren’t working and demonize security teams A Google security bigwig has had enough of federally mandated phishing tests, saying they make colleagues hate IT teams for no added benefit.… READ MORE HERE…